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Model Test 4Section A11. W: I only bought this watch yesterday, and it cant work now. M: May I see the receipt(发票)for it please? Q: Where is the conversation probably taking place?12. W: You look terrific since youve been taking those exercise classes. M: Thanks. Ive never felt better in my life. Q: What does the man imply? 13. M: How much money will I have to spend to rent an apartment in America? Ill only have $500 a month. W: Your rent should be about a quarter of that. Q: How much should the mans rent be?14. M: Richard spent the summer in Alaska, didnt he? W: I dont know, I havent seen him for months. It must have been an unforgettable summer holiday for him. Q: What doesnt the woman know?15. M: Help me with this stack of books on the top shelf, will you, Joan? W: Help you?! Do you think I work here? Q: What does the woman mean?16. M: Id love to come to your barbecue(烧烤) on Saturday but my cousin is arriving from California that day. W: Thats no problem. The more the merrier. (人越多越热闹) Im glad we finally have a chance to get together. Q: What does the woman imply?17. W: I really cant stand the way Tom controls the conversation all the time. If he is going to be in the Christmas party, I just wouldnt come. M: Im sorry you feel that way. But my mother insists that he come. Q: Why is Tom being invited to the party?18. W: We are going to change our meeting from Monday to Friday. M: Thats all the same to me. Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneM: Have you done the lab for physiology yetthe one on taste?W: Yeah, it was kind of funmapping the taste buds(味蕾). Didnt you think so?M: Im doing it this afternoon. How long will it take?W: It went pretty quicklyunder an hour, anyway. See, first you mix up the four solutions(溶液). M: You take water and add either sugar, lemon juice, salt, oruhwhat was it?W: Bitter quinine(苦奎宁). M: Thats ituhthen what?W: Then all you have to do is taste each sample and describe where each flavor seems most intense(浓烈). M: Is that hard?W: Not really. One thing to remember thoughnot all the taste buds are on the tongue. M: Right. Ill keep that in mind. And thanks for going over all this with me. Maybe we could talk about this after Ive tried itwe could get a pizza or something. W: Great. Give me a call. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the main purpose of the lab experiment?20. About how long does it take to do the experiment?21. What does the woman remind the man about?22. How does the man close the conversation?Conversation TwoM: Good morning, Jane! Id like to ask you a few questions about the new work schedule you have started. W: Okay. What would you like to know?M: You work a three-day week. Is that right?W: Yes. M: And what made you decide to change from working full time at the office and work from home?W: Well. Basically I wanted the time to do other things apart from(除了) work. Im a mother with two small children and I wanted the time to be with them. M: Is there anything you miss about your old job in the office?W: Yes, sometimes I feel a little bit alone. I miss chatting with my colleagues (同事). M: What do you feel is the best thing about your new schedule?W: There are several things. First of all is the time that I have to do things with my children. They are growing so fast and now I can be there while they are still small. Then I have more time to do things around the house. I dont have to spend all that time on the bus anymore; that means that I can get more work done. M: Do you think that this kind of work schedule is going to be popular in the future?W: Yes. With our ability to communicate electronically, I think more and more people will choose to work at least half of the time at home. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What do these two people probably have in common?24. What is true about the woman?25. What does the woman feel is good about her schedule?Section BPassage One The processing of cat and dog food is a big business. Food comes in all shapes, varieties(种类) and flavors. There is special food for big cats and little kittens(小猫), for young puppies(小狗) and old dogs. They also sell artificial(假的) bones and special biscuits for the pets to chew on so as to maintain good teeth. Special vitamins for dogs and cats are also sold. Since people in cities have no places to bury their pets when these animals die, pet cemeteries(公墓) have come into existence. The National Association of Pet Cemeteries recently held its fifth annual convention in San Francisco, attended by about 135 pet cemetery owners from all over the nation. And it is not unknown for pet owners to leave money in their wills (遗嘱) for their beloved animal companions to assure(保证) their good care, after the owners died. There seems little doubt that for some pet owners in the U. S., “ animals are almost like people. ”Questions 26 to 28 are hased on the passage you have just heard. 26. What is a big business in the USA? 27. Why do people buy artificial bones and speciaI biscuits for their dogs and cats?28. Why do some people leave money in the will for the pets?Passage Two American learn sports as part of their education. They learn two or more ball games, such as football or basketball. At high school, they choose groups of boys or girls to make teams. They choose those who are best at that sport. These teams compete against teams from other schools. In many schools students learn wrestling, running, tennis, golf and swimming. They have teams for some of these sports, too. The games between schools are often very exciting. Other students, the ones not on the team, love to watch them. They let everyone know this by shouting and cheering when their team plays well. There is a special club of girls and boys, mostly girls, who jump up and down and shout for their football team. They call themselves cheerleaders(啦啦队长), because they lead everyone in shouts and cheers. They wear clothes of a special colorthe color of their schools team. The football players wear that color, too. Each school has a team color and a team name. Cheerleaders call out the team name in their cheers. They practice many hours to learn the special jumping and cheering moves, Cheerleading(啦啦队职位)is almost a sport itself. Every classroom has an American flag in it. From elementary to high school, students start each day by standing up and showing respect to the flag. They put their hands over their hearts and say the “Pledge of Allegiance”. This is a promise to the country, which was wntten by people who came to the US over 200 years ago. By standing and showing respect to the flag people think about the United States and its freedoms.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. According to the passage, which sport is not learned at high schools?30. What can be learned about cheerleaders?31. When people stand showing respect to the American flag, what do they usually think ahout?Passage Three Walt Disney has taken over my daughters brain. Shes not even two, but she likes stories of Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. All the stories have the same plot: the girls in the stories are all beautiful but sad. Or in a coma. But wait! Here comes a handsome prince! He kisses her! Shes happy! Everybodys happy! Even the plants are dancing happily! I have big problems with this. I dont want my daughter growing up believing that Handsome Prince Equals Lifetime Happiness. This is the basic Disney message. But it seems to be a different message in Beauty and the Beast: the beautiful girl falls in love with an ugly beast. The message of this story is: Appearance doesnt matter! Inner beauty is important! But this message becomes nothing at the end when the spell on the beast is finally broken and he becomes a handsome young man. My daughter takes in the Disney stories the way a man drinks beer. So I try to distract her from these romantic girlish dreams and ask her to take part in intellectually challenging activities. Sometimes she does spend a few minutes watching football with me. But the problem is that after only a few minutes, she gets bored with football and wants to go back to playing Snow White. This is a game she plays 814, 000 times everyday. Snow White, the poison apple, the handsome prince and all other characters are played with her toys. Over and over, in her little hands, these toys became alive: Snow White is put to sleep by the big apple: she is awakened by the handsome prince; everybody dances around happily. But I am not happy. I am eager for her to grow up so that I can explain to her that men, especially handsome men, are not all nice. I wil